Ukrainian minister hopes for prompt resumption of supply of confectionery products to Russia
MOSCOW. Aug 16 (Interfax) - Ukraine is hoping to fulfill Russia's requirements and resume the supply of confectionery products manufactured by the corporation Roshen in the nearest future.
"We will not delay the process. Consumers want sweets," Ukrainian Agrarian Policies and Food Minister Mykola Prisyazhnyuk told reporters in Moscow on Friday after negotiations with Russia's Rospotrebnadzor Director Gennady Onishchenko.
At the same time, Prisyazhnyuk and Onishchenko could not give any specific dates when the supplies may resume.
Onishchenko said the return of Ukrainian confectionery products to the Russian market will involve access procedures, which, in turn, will involve visits by Russian inspectors to Ukrainian enterprises and control of every batch.
Onishchenko said he has no problem with products manufactured by the Roshen factory in Lipetsk. The supply of confectionery products from the corporation's four factories in Ukraine is now banned.